Five neighbors of the homeless encampment sat down with Alpha News to detail the nightmare they've been living for the last four weeks.

What used to be her spot to catch some fresh air has become anything but for Bee Bletsian in the building she’s called home for 13 years.

Just south of downtown Minneapolis, behind an old brick building on the corner of 5th Avenue South and East 24th street, on a city-owned lot, it’s easy to see why.

“I’m on the top floor so I see and hear everything. I have a bird’s-eye view of everything that happens in the encampment, and I also see and hear everything that happens in the street,” Bletsian said.

She is one of five neighbors of the homeless encampment who sat down with Alpha News to detail the nightmare they’ve been living for the last four weeks.